Ash and garbage receptacle



June 24, 1924. 1,498,646

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OFFICE.

GEORGE 1B. DAHL, OF WO'ODHAVEN, NEW YORK, AND THOMAS S. TORRESSON, OF

. WOODCLIFF, NEW JERSEY.

l ASH AND GARBAGE RECEPTACLE.

Application filed March 4, 1922. Serial No. 541,001.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE B. DAHL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of l/Voodhaven, in the county of Queens and State of New York, and THOMAS S. TonnessoN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Woodcliff, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have madeand invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ash and Garbage Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to ash and garbage cans and has for its object to provide a recep-.

tacle of this type" which is provided with wheels or rollers so mounted that they 'will be raised slightly above the level of the floor when the receptacle is resting on its base,

so that the receptacle when so positioned will possess all the usual inherent stability of the ordinary ash or garbage receptacle, and with the wheels so arranged that when the can is tactvwith the floor and elevate the base of the can thereabove, rendering the can conven iently about. i

A further object is to accomplish the aforementioned ends and to so position the rollers that the can may be conveniently dragged up the usual type of cellar steps and with the wheels and rollers not only holding the base of the can above the tread of the stairs but,in addition, holding the body of the can away from the back of the stairs.

, A further object is to provide a receptacle having permanently secured thereto wheels" or rollers so mounted as to be strong and rlgidln construction and thus capable of receiving considerable abuse and ars and shocks without causing the rollers to be torn V wherein similar reference numerals desigfrom the receptacle body.

-A further object is to provide astructure whereby the ordinary ash can may be conf-r veniently turned intoour improved type of V .portablecan and as thus'equipped possess all the advantages and characterlstic' features of Our novel and improved receptacle.

A further object is to improve generally and enhance the utility of articles of the class to which the invention relates, and with the" foregoing and other objects in view, o ur in.-v

portable so that it may be easily moved vention consists in the improved ash can illustrated in the accompanying drawings and hereinafter described andclaimed,,and in such variations and modifications thereof as will be obvious to .those skilled in the art to which our invention relates, it being understood that changes may be made within the scope of what is claimed without depart ing from the pirit thereof. I i

The preferred embodiment of our invention is disclosed in the accompanying drawings, wherein: a v a Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of a receptacle embodying the characteristic fea tures of our invention;

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the receptacle tilted so as to rest solely upon the tures bein incorporated in an ordinarycan by means of an attachment;

Figure 8 is a view in vertical section taken on the line 8-8 of-Figure'l';

Figure 9 is. a similar view of-asomewhat further modified form of our invention, and

Figure 10 is a view in section takenon the line 10l0 of'Figure 5. l

Referring specifically to the several views,

nate corresponding'parts' throughout, the redling of ashes, garbage, or similar refuse,

and is provided with the ,;,usual type of reinforcing band '16 at the top similar reinforcing band 17 located at 'the "base of the receptacle. The receptacle is also provided with the customary handles and a 18. Rigidly secured to the lower reinforc- .rollers and thus be rendered conveniently ing band 17 are the two r e s ppor s preferably located 19 spaced a suitable distance apart and mounting or supporting the rollers 20. The roller supports are in the nature of a housing and comprise the spaced side walls 21 connecting integral top wall 22 and the rear attaching flanges 23, the latter being provided with suit-able holes 24 extending therethrough and through which pass the rivets 25 or other suitable holding means whereby the housing is most rigidly secured to the bod of the can adjacent the lower edge thereof. The two housings are spaced apart, and extend substantially at right angles to a diametrio line of the base, as illustrated in Figure 3.

Each housing or roller support has a roller 20 mounted therein which, as shown in detail in Figure 10, is supported by the shaft or pivot pin 26, the roller being preferably rovided 'with a bushing 27, so that the roller will readily turn upon its pivotal support and properlysupport the very considerable weight of the filled can or'receptacle thereom Attention is called to the fact that the roller supports are of box-like formation and being secured to the reinforcing band of the can at spaced points are practically indestructible and thus capable of withstanding the abuse and extreme service to which articles of this class are ordinarily exp s d The rollers 20, as disclosed in Figure 1, are so positioned that when the receptacle 15 is resting upon its base they will be raised a slight distance above and out of contact with'the floor. They are also so positioned that a line joining their lower'peri'phery will pass in front of' the periphery of the can body, as clearly illustrated in Figure 3, so that as the can is tilted, as in Figure 2, the rollers will be lowered until such time as they reach and contact with the floor and support the base of the receptacle thereabove and thus render the receptacle conveniently portable. The front edges of the roller supports or housings are curved so as to closely approximate the curvature of the rollers and thus protect the same, and are so positioned with respect to the rollers as to expose the front or forward portion of the rollers, as well as the lower portion. This forward protrusion of the rollers also pro vides that the can may be easily dragged up the ordinary cellar steps, as the rollers will contact first with the tread of the stairs and then with the rear wall of the stairs.

The housings with. their rollers therein are below and upon opposite sides of one of the handles 18, so that the same force which is applied to tilt the can 18 will, when the rollers contact with the floor, cause the can to be moved therealong,

although we do not wish to limit ourselves to this particular arrangement of rollers with relation to the handles, and in this regard we particularly wish to mention that while we have spoken of the receptacle as being designed for the handling of ashes and garbage, the receptacle may partake of other forms and other uses,

In order that the advantages of my portable receptacle may be incorporated in cans or receptacles already built and in use, we have provided the modified forms of our invention as shown in Figures 7, 8 and 9, and referring particularly to Figure 7 it will be seen that we have provided the housings or roller supports 19 secured to an auxiliary-band 17", this band being adapted to completely encompass the lower reinforcing band of the ordinary can and may be drawn tightly thereag-ainst by providing the ends of the bands 17 with the spaced outstanding ears or lugs 28 and through which extends a clamping bolt 29. This auxiliary attaching band 17- may be provided with the two spaced ledges or inturned edges 30 and 31, as shown in Figure 8, or comprehend the use of a single lower ledge 31, as shown in Figure 9, so that the housings and the carrying auxiliary band may in the one instance be readily applied and secured to a receptacle 32 which has a reinforcing band 33 at its base portion, or on the other hand may be applied to a receptacle 3 1 which has a fiat or continuous side wall unbroken by any reinforcing bands.

Thus the characteristic features of our invention may be incorporated in receptacles of various types and as ordinarily constructed and when equipped with our improve ments will possess all of the advantages and features of a can having the parts built directly thereon. The portable features of our device will be readily appreciated by those who are required to. not only move the ash cans from the cellar but are further required to place the ash cans on the front sidewalks in order that they may be emptied. Further, the particular form of roller support or housing prevents them from being torn from the receptacle body and the limited protrusion of the roller from the housing provides for their adequate protection.

Havingthus described and explained our invention, we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. Anattachment for receptacles of the class described/comprising a housing bent from a single sheet of metal and comprising spaced side walls, an integral top wall and flanges formed integrally with the side walls and bent into the arc of a circle and adapted to be secured to, the lower extremity of a receptacle, and a roller mounted between and carried by the said side walls.

2 A device of the class described comprising a casing including top and spaced side walls, a roller carried by said side Walls of New York, this 3rd day of March, A. D. and extending slightly in front of said top 1922. i

and side Walls and protected thereby, the rear extremities of said side Walls bent into DAHL' 5 the arc of a circle and adapted to be secured H S TORRESSON' to a can body. Witnesses:

Signed at New York, borough of Manhat- ANNE V. WALsH,

tan, in the county of New York and State PAULIIgE F LEHMANN. 

